American Welding Society

Advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes worldwide: that’s our mission and it’s why we exist.

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Whether you’re here to explore membership, certification, advanced training, updated standards, conferences, professional collaborations or the many exciting career opportunities in welding today – we are here to support you.

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The AWS SENSE Program is a comprehensive set of minimum Standards and Guidelines for Welding Education programs. Schools can incorporate SENSE into their own curriculum in order to help attain Perkins funding as well as to help insure an education that is consistent with other SENSE schools across the nation. This program is fully supported by the American Welding Society (AWS).

AWS Welder Workforce Grant

Grants of up to $25,000 are available for secondary and post-secondary education/training institutions to enhance and improve welding programs. Starting in 2019, schools must be both SENSE Registered and an AWS Educational Institution or Corporate Member to apply. Learn more and access the application at www.aws.org/workforcegrant.

Coming Soon!

The AWS SENSE accreditation program is currently being developed and will be available for the 2019-2020 academic year. AWS is also developing a SENSE-aligned curriculum, which will be available in the summer of 2019.

We are currently looking for CWI volunteers to help AWS improve and update the current SENSE exam bank. We are also looking for CWIs and/or CWEs who are interested in becoming an auditor for the SENSE accreditation program. If you are interested in becoming a SENSE item writer and/or a SENSE auditor, please reach us at sense@aws.org.